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R is having a no-life crisis - he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he'd rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 (plane) he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.
And then he meets a girl.
First as his captive, then as his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R's gray landscape, and then something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat this girl - although she looks delicious - he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can't imagine, and their hopeless world won't change without a fight.
I really loved this book! Stepping into R's world was fun yet scary, romantic yet bloody! It had enough fighting to keep the tomboy in me content, yet enough romance to bring out that fangirl squeal.
I was relieved to figure out that R wasn't anything like Edward from the Twilight series, other than the fact that he was dead and fell in love with a human girl. The humor in this book was very good, it had me giggling all the way to the movie theatre!
After reading around 75% of the book, I went to go see the movie and loved seeing Isaac Marion's world come to life! No, it wasn't exactly like the book (they left most of the cursing out - yay!) but it had the same story of zombie meets girl and turns into something the world has never seen. Plus, the guy who played R was a total hottie!
Another thing I liked about this book was that every chapter was highlighted with not a chapter number, but a drawing of the insides of the human body. It really gave the book a new type of charm. :)
NOTE: If you don't like a lot of cursing and potty mouths, this might not be a good match for you. Although this book is a good read, I would recommend that only those in High School read this one. It's very teenage mature! That was the only thing that really bothered me about this book.
My favorite part:
"I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it. I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name anymore. Hardly any of us do. We lose them like car keys, forget them like anniversaries. Mine might have started with an "R", but that's all I have now. It's funny because back when I was alive, I was always forgetting other people's names. My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off."
Well, that's all for this book! I'll see you in the next one!
~Sea-Solo out!
Other Zombie things:
Turn your bf into a sexy zombie!:
Watch this seriously funny parody by the Hillywood Show!:
